I was turned…and you will be too.

Chapter 1

Rose POV

He pulls me up as I'm about to fall into the churning water below. I reach for my stake, and just as the words are about to leave my lips, Dimitri jerks me up hard by my arm, effectively wrenching my shoulder out of its socket. He pulls me up so that we are eye level to each other now. He smiles at me like he is still human, like he isn't a horrifying tragedy of a monster on the inside. He is still smiling at me when he tightens his grip to painful levels and shatters both the bones in my forearm.

I scream, jerking around, trying to escape his grasp. He pulls me away from the railing so plan of dramatically falling into the depths is effectively foiled. Fucking great. My arm has gone numb, so now between that and my ankle, the entire side of my body is useless. I kick out sporadically with my good leg and. luckily, hit him right in the groin. With my free arm punch him across the face. His grip loosens slightly and I pull myself up high enough and kick him in the jaw.

He cries out in pain and drops me on the ground, smacking my head against the ground. I don't stay down long; i know that i can't stop to stare, to think, to morn, I just run. Well…hobble quickly. I have to hold my arm to keep it from banging around in my awkward attempt to run away.

I haven't even gotten ten yards and he grabs me by my newly dislocated shoulder flings me to the ground, yet again bashing my already effectively beaten head.

"Give it up Roza, you can't win like this." He says gesturing at my body. "You'd be better off letting me awaken you."

"I'd rather burn in hell!" I spit back at him through gritted teeth.

"That's a lie; I can smell it on you. You love me and the thought of death terrifies you." He says with a smug smile creeping across his face. "And just think, now that I have killed Galina, I am in complete control. Let me awaken you and we can rule together." The look in his eyes made me want to puke.

"Fuck you." I said, and then spit in his face. This was not my Dimitri. This was a monster and if I couldn't kill him then I would die instead.

But this bastard was going to evict me from this world while I was filled with regrets. Regrets that I couldn't save Lissa, that I couldn't save him, that I'd never see any of my friends again, that I was leaving Adrian with a broken promise and a demolished heart. it was a real dick move on his part.

I suddenly feel the need to laugh. Maybe it was shock at facing my own mortality, maybe it was the skull fracture I probably had. But I could hear a voice- taunting me from the back of my mind. But he's right Rose, it whispers. The thought of dying terrifies you, you coward. Ruling with him is the best you could ever do. Who knows, right now its Siberia, but someday it may be the world…you want the world don't you?

But, what about Lissa? I think what if she needs me?

Valissa will be fiiiiiine. She doesn't need you, she has Avery now. Avery is a good person, Avery wants what's best for her. Be with your lover Denis, or Danny, or whoever he is. It prods.

Cant even remember this fuckers name. On the bright side maybe i have to much brain damage now for him to effectively change me. but no matter the mistakes in names I agree with the voice. Maybe Avery can help Lissa control her power. And she does seem to be having fun. She probably won't-

"So what is going to be Rose?" Dimitri's voice cuts into my train of thought. "choose wisely Rose."

I look him dead in the eye, "I'd rather spend eternity locked in a box with Mia than spend another second with you."

He looks at me smugly, "Wrong choice, Roza."

I barely have time to lash out at him when I feel his fangs cut in to my neck, the sweet rush of endorphins race to my damaged head and a fog swells across my mind. I can't feel Lissa any more, I can feel anything. It takes less than a minute before my world fades to black.

I'm dying, he's really killing me. thank go. but i never got to say goodbye- i want to say goodbye... I feel my self slipping as i try not to cry.